Seam for sewed articles.



PATENTED MAR. a, 1903.

J. J. MoLOUGHLI N. SEAM FOR SEWED ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH .l.-MOLOUGHLIN, OE MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SEAM FOR SEWED ARTICLES.

.5PEGIFIGA TION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,731, dated March 3, 1903.

I Application filed June 27, 1900. Serial No. 21,814.. (No model.)

To iZhtyhom it may concern:

Be it known that I,J OSEPH J. MCLOUGHLIN,

a citizen'of the United States, residing at Mil-' waukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Seam for Sewed Articles, of which the following is .a specification. 1

Thisinvention relates to a novel seam for fabrics, and is designed with special reference to the procuring of a strong neat seam adapted for use in the manufacture of articles of apparel made from light-weight fabricas,.

for instance, serge or the like.

The object of the invention considered in a somewhat more specific aspect is to produce a seam presenting upon the reverse side the appearance of a capped or tape-bound seam, such as are used in connection with unlined garments intended for summer wear.

To the accomplishment of these objects and others-such, for instance, as the production of a seam which will not pull or ravel-the invention consists in the relation of the fabric edges and securing-stitches, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, employed for the purpose of illustrating the seam and the manipulation of the fabric necessary to its production, Figure 1 is an elevation of the right side of two pieces of fabric united by my seam. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the reverse side of the fabric. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the subject-matter of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional viewlshowing the manner in which the lapped edge is folded and refolded to form the inside welt. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the lapping or outer fabric imposed upon the lapped fabric and united thereto by a line of stitching. Fig. 6 shows the subject-matter of Fig. 5 with the outer or lapping fabric turned over the securingseam preparatory to being secured by a sec- 0nd line of stitches, as shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to the numerals of reference employed to designate corresponding parts and features in the several views, 1 and 2 indicate the lapped and lapping or inner and outer piecesof fabric, designed to have their lapped edges united by a seam constructed in accordance with my invention. In the construction of my seam the edge'of the inner piece of fabric lis folded back, as indicated at the fold 3, and at a point a sufficient distance from the fold 3 to insure the formation of a welt of the desired width is turned back at the refold 4 to dispose the edge 5 of the fabric within the fold 3 and between the body of the fabric and the facing 6 of the' welt. The outer or lappingfabric is then imposed upon the fabric 1, with its raw edge 7 removed from the fold 3 nearly one-third the width of the welt, and is united to the fabric 1 by a line of stitching 8, passed through the fabric pieces 1 and 2 and the welt at a point about midway between the edge 7 and the refold 4.. The fabric 2 is now turned over the seam 8, as illustrated in Fig. 6, to form a fold 9, within which the stitches 8 are obscured on the right side of the fabric, after which a second line of stitches 10 is passed through the several-imposed layers of material immediately adjacent to the edge 7 of the fabric piece 2, as best seen in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

It will now be seen that the two pieces of fabric are united by two lines of stitches which pass through the welt on the inside at points equidistant from. each other and from the edges of the welt for the purpose of giving said welt the flat-finished appearance of a capped or tape-covered seam, such finish being highly desirable in unlined apparel; furthermore, that the stitches which thus secure the folds ofthe welt pass through the inturned edge of the outer piece of fabric, one of said lines of stitches being obscured within the fold and the other line of stitches being passed throughthe outer piece of fabric and exposed on the right side of the goods, but at different distances from the folded edge of the latter, to prevent pulling of the fabric.

The relative dimensions of the welt and the inturned edge of the united strips might be varied, but it is preferable to have the inturned edge 11 of the fabric 2 about one-third the width of the welt, so that the lines of stitching 8 and 10, equidistantly spaced upon the welt, will be located directly at the fold 9 and the raw edge'7 of the fabric 2 and in order, further, to permit the edges of the welt to be pressed behind the edge 7 and fold 9 for the purpose of presenting the fabric pieces in substantially the same plane and to cause the ICO raw edge 7 to be completely obscured and protected.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have produced a novel seam which will unite two pieces of fabric of light weight in a manner to preclude the possibility of the release of the stitches by the loosening or raveling of the fabric, the raw edges of both fabric pieces being obscured and the reverse side of the seam being covered bya flat welt, imparting a finished appearance to the inside of the garment and resembling the neat but expensive tape-covered seams sometimes employed in the manufacture of unlined apparel.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a piece of fabric having its edge folded and refolded to form a welt inclosing the raw edge of the fabric, of a second piece of fabric united, at a point removed from its edge, to the first-named piece of fabric by a line of stitching and folded over said line of stitching to obscure it on the right side of the fabric, and a second line of stitching passed entirely through the welt of the first-named fabric and through both layers of the other piece of fabric immediately adjacent to the raw edge of the latter, said lines of stitching being spaced equidistant from each other and from the opposite edges of the welt, whereby the edges of the welt, when the seam is pressed, will be disposed behind the raw edge and the folded edge of the outer piece of fabric.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH J. MOLOUGHLIN.

Witnesses:

A. B. BRIGGS, E. M. MCVICKER; 

